Open AccessA study of the palatal rugae pattern among male female and transgender population of Bhopal city
Author(s) -
Eshani Saxena,
B R Chandrashekhar,
Sudheer Hongal,
Nilesh Arjun Torwane,
Pankaj Goel,
Priyesh Mishra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of forensic dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0975-2137
pISSN - 0975-1475
DOI - 10.4103/0975-1475.146370
Subject(s) - transgender , dentistry , orthodontics , population , medicine , forensic dentistry , psychology , environmental health , psychoanalysis
Transgenders are highly disadvantaged people, deprived of adequate opportunities of earning a respectable living. The forensic literature has emphasized on two genders, male and female, the existence of a third gender (Transgenders) is almost negligible in the literature, and this makes it compulsive to determine their identity through forensic approaches at the time of disasters. Previous studies have demonstrated that no two palatal rugae pattern are alike in their configuration and this unique feature has led us to undertake a study to establish individual identities using palatal rugae pattern.